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In what was supposed to be a rebuilding season, the Iowa Hawkeyes surprised many across the country (and even in Iowa) with their third place finish in Cleveland, resulting in yet another team trophy under Tom Brands. Preseason forecasts had the Hawkeyes just inside the top ten and even once they decided to pull the…

For the first time in half a decade Tom Brands is bringing wrestle offs back to Iowa City and while the matchups for wrestle offs have yet to be released there are plenty dream matchups to get excited about. We will try and tackle some of the top matches we are looking forward to. Team…

Also Previewed: 125 – 133 141: Depth Chart 141 Lineup battle FR RFR Carter Happel Stephen Alvarez SO Vince Turk Danny Murphy Aaron Meyer JR SR For the third straight year Tom Brands will need to fill the 141 pound starting role in his lineup and to do that he will look for one of…

There was a lot of buzz surrounding Carter Happel when he officially joined the University of Iowa wrestling program and believe it or not it wasn’t all based on his high school resume. His accolades included four Iowa high school state titles to go along with his pair of freestyle national titles. In fact, there…

Next week in Evanston, Illinois wrestling fans will get a taste of the future when teams come together to compete at the Midlands Championships in Welsh Ryan Arena on December 29th and 30th. The tournament, which features over 71 ranked wrestlers, is usually the toughest test a redshirting freshman faces all season long as…

Looking over this Junior group there are a lot factors to be positive about as the team will look to go for the third straight summer of producing at least one Junior national champion. This group of wrestlers has produced two Cadet national champions, two Cadet runner-ups, and has earned a total of 18 All-American…

ASICS released their 31st annual All-America selections for the 2015-16 season. The teams were selected by a nationwide panel of wrestling experts, and it is the only national all-star team for which wrestlers enrolled in all four high-school grades are eligible. This year the state of Iowa was able to place four prep wrestlers onto…

Every year Earl Smith of D1 College Wrestling releases his class rankings, which are the longest running free class rankings that are available. This year’s class of Iowa seniors features seven wrestlers featured in the top 150, and each Iowa and Iowa State will be adding five top 150 seniors from across the nation. Industry…

Taking a look at the nation’s top seniors. Seven of the top 100 wrestlers ranked by Flowrestling are from Iowa and an additional six wrestlers will be heading to the instate to compete for an Iowa college. Ranking Name School College HS weight College projected weight #3 Alex Marinelli St. Paris (Ohio) Iowa 170 165…

When the news broke that the nation’s #1 recruit in the class of 2017 had committed to the University of Iowa, wrestling fans all across the country reacted to the news, and for many Iowa fans that reaction was pure joy. Not only were the fans reacting to the news, but several recruits that will…

USA Today High School Sports released their All-USA high school wrestling teams and once again the state of Iowa was able to put a wrestler on the list. This year it was the four-time state champion Carter Happel out of Lisbon, Iowa. Happel finishes his career as the 25th wrestler in Iowa history to win…

InterMat High school analyst Josh Lowe has updated his top 100 seniors* (class of 2016) and the recent addition to Iowa high school’s four-time state champion club, Carter Happel of Lisbon, leads his fellow statesmen as the top Iowan. This is an impressive senior class for the state of Iowa, with a total of seven…

Wrapping up the 2015-16 season is not an easy thing to do if you are an Iowa Hawkeye, as the team finished a disappointing 1-6 on the final day of the NCAA tournament. The bumpy finish to the season included all six of Iowa’s All-Americans losing their final matches, with three of those losses coming…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/iawrestle/episode34.mp3 Iowa’s premier site for youth, high school, college and international wrestling. Join Tony Hager, Ross Bartachek, Eric Schares and special guests Cater Happel, Aden Reeves, and Adam Feller this week on Potentially Dangerous as we catch up with Tony Ramos as he gets ready to compete in Russia and the Olympic Team Trials. Later in the show we…

1. Carter Happel (Lisbon) Projected High school Weight Class: 145 Projected College Weight Class: 141 Analysis: By all accounts Lisbon’s Carter Happel is the top prize in Iowa for the 2016 class, and he has earned that reputation by being a permanent fixture on the podium of both state and national tournaments. Happel is already…